Nobility and CivilityHarvard University Press, 15. okt 2004 - 256 pages Globalization has become an inescapable fact of contemporary life. Some leaders, in both the East and the West, believe that human rights are culture-bound and that liberal democracy is essentially Western, inapplicable to the non-Western world. How can civilized life be preserved and issues of human rights and civil society be addressed if the material forces dominating world affairs are allowed to run blindly, uncontrolled by any cross-cultural consensus on how human values can be given effective expression and direction? |
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... Razan's conception of the Mean derives from the Chinese philosopher Zhu Xi's conception of the Mean as represent- ing the common good or public good . In the following episode Ieyasu questions whether the Confucian Way has ever been ...
... Razan views these as cases of legitimate discre- tion in acting for the Way . Thus the argument here hinges on the double meaning of the term quan , ( Japanese ken ) , understood by Ieyasu as " expediency " and by Razan as the ...
... Razan responded to Tokugawa Ieyasu's question whether “ legitimacy ” amounted to anything more than simple expediency , Razan spoke of moral values— right and wrong — and human moral relations as grounded in the very structure and ...
Contents
The Noble Paths of Buddha and Rama | 13 |
Buddhist Spirituality and Chinese Civility | 44 |
Shôtokus Constitution and the Civil | 63 |
Copyright | |
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